He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

  • NR
  • 11/09/1924 (US)
  • Drama, Thriller, Romance
  • 1h 12m

Overview

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.

Victor Sjöström

Director

Cast

Lon Chaney's headshot

Lon Chaney

Paul Beaumont
Norma Shearer's headshot

Norma Shearer

Consuelo
John Gilbert's headshot

John Gilbert

Bezano
Ruth King's headshot

Ruth King

Marie Beaumont
Marc McDermott's headshot

Marc McDermott

Baron Regnard
Ford Sterling's headshot

Ford Sterling

Tricaud
Tully Marshall's headshot

Tully Marshall

Count Mancini
Edward Arnold's headshot

Edward Arnold

(uncredited)

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